Treasury Bills

GPTKB entity

Properties (60)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Educational_Institution
gptkbp:acquisition Individual investors
Institutional investors
gptkbp:availableIn Foreign investors
gptkbp:awards At face value at maturity
gptkbp:characteristics Zero-coupon security
gptkbp:denomination Minimum $100
gptkbp:dividendYield Varies with market conditions
gptkbp:financials Exempt from state and local taxes
Reported as cash equivalents
Subject to Basel III requirements
Subject to TARP regulations
Regulated_by_the_SEC
Subject_to_Dodd-Frank_Act
gptkbp:generator 4 weeks
8 weeks
13 weeks
26 weeks
52 weeks
gptkbp:governmentType Backed_by_the_full_faith_and_credit_of_the_U.S._government
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Financing national debt
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Treasury Bills
gptkbp:impact Influences interest rates
gptkbp:interests Discount rate
gptkbp:investmentFocus Liquidity risk
Interest rate risk
Reinvestment risk
Short-term investment
Used in cash management
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy Not inflation-protected
gptkbp:issueDate 1929
gptkbp:issuedBy gptkb:U.S._Department_of_the_Treasury
gptkbp:issuedOn Various denominations
gptkbp:isUsedFor Cash
Brokerage accounts
gptkbp:language Auction
gptkbp:market High liquidity
Competitive bidding
Active trading
Demand increases during economic uncertainty
Non-competitive bidding
Used as a benchmark for other interest rates
Yield inversions can occur
gptkbp:marketSegment Banks
Hedge funds
Insurance companies
Mutual funds
Pension funds
gptkbp:paymentMethods gptkb:TreasuryDirect
Weekly
No periodic interest payments
gptkbp:purpose No default risk
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Treasury_Notes
gptkb:Treasury_Bonds
gptkbp:revenue May decrease with inflation
gptkbp:riskManagement Low risk
gptkbp:suitableFor Safe investment
gptkbp:tradedOn Secondary market
gptkbp:type Short-term debt obligation
gptkbp:usedFor Funding government operations